Toy.



A. E. HOLMBERG.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED DBC.22.1911.

1,05 3,994, Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

FIG. 1. m. 3. FIG. 5. FIG. 2.

WITNESSES: IJYV'EWTOR:

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AL FBED E. HOLMJBERG, 0F MAPLE LAKE, MINNESOTA.

TOY.

Application filed Zlecember 22, 1911. Serial No. 667,267.

ject is to provide a doll or image of a human being, which by an easilyoperated mechanism may have its mouth and eyes moved in comic mannersadapted to amuse children.

In the accompanying drawing,-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a dollembodying my invention. 2 is a view of the back of the doll shown inFig. 1 with the rear side removed so as to expose the mechanism, wit-hthe spring 28 in Figs. 3 and 5 omitted. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe doll with the side of the body removed as between the points a and bin Fig. 2 and the front plate of the body in section on the-line d-ol inFig. 4. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the head portion of the front bodyplate in Fig. 2 with nearly all mechanism omitted. Fig. 5 is a detailview of the vibrator lever and the eyecarrying plate slidably mountedthereon.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, the body of the dollmaybe made more or less in the likeness of a human being, from a mereplate 1 made in outline to resemble a face view of aperson and having,

all fixed parts painted or printed upon its front, and the mechanismmounted upon the back, to the most complete form of a doll body. In thedrawing it have shown said painted front plate 1 provided with .anangular rim 2 to which may be secured a rear plate 3 (shown in Fig. 3but removed in Fig. 2). When the rim 2 is present-it is provided with anopening 4 through which operate two lL-shaped finger levers 5 and 6,which are pivoted to the body plate 1 at 7 and 8 respectively, andoperate the mechanisms mountedpn said plate and which are as tollows:The body plate 1 is provided with two eye openings 9 and a slit 10, the

latter representing the mouth of the doll. Said mouth has its loweredge11 offset inward (as best shown in Fig. 3) to permit a tongue 12 toslide downward and partly ,out

of the mouth; upon said tongue are printed teeth 13, and below saidteeth the end ofthe tongue is printed or painted red so that wheneverthe tongue is protruded downward the teeth will become exposed and thered Specification 0t letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 25, 913.

I U 13- end of the tongue rep esent the lower l p, moves downward, sothat it appears as if the doll was opening the mouth and therebyexposing the teeth, as in laughing .or so chewing or talking. The tongue12 has an upward arm 12 extending between the eye. openings 9 andprovided with a rearward log 12", which is engaged by a springlt thatholds the. tongue normally iii-raised or 5 retracted position. Suchupward tendency of the tongue ,is regulated by the upper ter-. minal ofa slot 15 (see Fig. 2)-'in the upper end of a flat bar 16, whose upperend is guided in keepers 17 and the lower end in bearings 18 and 19;upon the latter hearing stands an expandmg coil spring 20, which holdsthe bar 16 normally in raised position with its bottom hook 21 stoppingagainst the bearing 19. The lower portion of the bar 16 is provided witha stud 22 oocupying a slot 23 in the lever 5. The bar 16? is alsoprovided with a curved slot 24 engaging a stud 25 which, as best'shownin Fig. 5, is fixed in the lower end of the lever so 26, and the latteris pivoted at 2Z to the front body plate and has its upper end re. ducedand encircled by a coil spring 28, by

which spring is heldupwardly against :a

lug 29 the perforatedlug of a plate 31, upon whose front side the eyes32. of the doll arepainted or printed. The plate 31 is further guidedby'having hooks 33 slidable on the edges of the vibrator lever 26.

lever is also connected by a" string, chain,

or a light flexible wire, 36, with the lug 12* or the tongue arm 12*;said string 36 may extend through holes in the ofiset 34, as in Fig.3.,or rearward of the ofiset, as in Fi' .2. ln'the operation of the toythe and is grasped about as shown in Fig. 2, between the thumb placed at37 and the little-finger placed at 38 and ring-,finger at 39, and withthe fore-finger at 40 and long finger at 41 on the levers 6 and 5, theoperator by pressing on lever 5' causes the bar 16 to descend and by itscurved slot 24 act on the stud- 25 and thus makethe eye late 31 swingfrom side to side, and by re easing the pressure the spring 20 willcause the bar 16 to ascend and impart a similar movement to the e eplate, thus causing the eyes to appear wi ing from side to side in theeye sockets or openings. During such movement of the eyes the tonguewill be protruded and retracted by each motion oi the bar re, since theupper terminal of the slot 15 moves the tongue downward and the spring14 returns it upward; and in cases where I may omit the spring 14- thelower terminal of the slot 15 will raise the tongue. If the o eratordesires to have the eyes close or link in a downward direction insteadof horizontally, he presses on the lever 6 and thereby causes the rod 35to move the eye plate downward and the spring 28 moves it upward,,whilethe string36 moves the tongue downward and the spring 14: returns itupward. lit it is desired to let the eyes stand still and only move themouth or tongue, to represent chewing, talking or smiling, the operatorsimply puts his forefinger at 4E0 and presses at the side of the string36, the deflection of which will pull downward at the lug 12 and asoften as the pressure is released the spring 14 will return the lug andtongue upward. By alternating and partly combining the three operationsjust described, it is obvious that the eyes willget a combinedhorizontal and vertical movement, which in conjunction with more or lessmotion of the mouth is very amusing to children.

at I claim is:

1. In a doll, the combination with a body having its face provided witheye-openings,

of a vibrator lever pivoted to the body and having at its upper end aplate with eyes printed or painted thereon, a finger lever pivoted tothe body, and operative connection between the h'nger lever and thevibrator lever; said operative connection involving an actuator barmounted to slide up and down on the body and having connection with thefinger lever whereby the latter moves it in one directidn, a springarranged to move the bar in the opposite direction; said sliding bar'having a curved slot, and the vibrator lever having a stud or pinprojecting into said curved slot.

2. In a toy doll, the combination with a body having its face providedwith eyeopenings and a slit-shaped mouth-opening notaeea with the loweredge thereof struclrpartly inward beyond the upper edge, of a plateslidable, in said slit and having upon its outer side printed or paintedteeth and the lower lip of the mouth, a vertically slidable bar on thebody and having operative connection with said tongue plate, a fingerlever pivoted on the body and operatively connected with the sliding barto move it in one direction, and a spring arranged to move it in theother direction; a vibrator lever mounted on the body and having at itsupper end a plate with eyes thereon arranged to move from side to sidenear the eye-openings, said vibrator lever having operative connectionwith the slidable bar.

3. in a toy doll, the combination with a body having its face providedwith eye openings and a mouth opening, of a tongueshaped plate slidableup and down in the mouth-opening and having teeth and the lower lip ofthe mouth represented upon it, the inner-portion of the tongue being anar row upward arm between the eye-openings and provided with a rearwardlug, a vertically slidable bar mounted on the body and havin a slot inwhich the lug is vertically slidab e but also operable by the terminalsof the slot, a spring engaging the lug to hold the tongue normallyupward almost retracted into the mouth, a finger lever pivoted on thebody, and a flexible element connecting it with the lug to pull thelatter downward, a vibrator lever pivoted to the body and havingoperative connection with the slidable bar, a spring acting on theslidable bar to raise it and a finger lever adapted to lower it, aspring'supported plate slidable on the vibrator lever and having eyesrepresented upon it adjacent the eye-openings, and a rod connecting saidslidahle eye plate with the first mentioned finger lever.

In testimony whereof l'aifix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED E. lPlIQLMBlERG. Witnesses:

W. E. FEENEY, 'linos. MADIGAN.

